"Bring It On" is the third single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 from English indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band Hard-Fi

HARD-Fi

Hard-Fi are an English indie rock band formed in Staines, Surrey in 2003. The band's members are Richard Archer , Ross Phillips , Kai Stephens and Steve Kemp .They achieved chart success with their third single, "Hard to Beat" and then followed by other successful singles such as...

's third studio album Killer Sounds

Killer Sounds

Killer Sounds is the third studio album by English indie rock band Hard-Fi. It was released on 19 August 2011 in the United Kingdom and Ireland.-Singles:...

. It was released on 24 October 2011, but failed to chart. However, the single is featured in adverts for the popular Football Manager 2012

Football Manager 2012

Football Manager 2012 is a football manager simulation video game. It was released on Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X on 21 October 2011.-New Features:...

game. The single cover does not bear the "Parental Advisory

Parental Advisory

Parental Advisory is a message affixed by the Recording Industry Association of America to audio and recordings in the United States containing excessive use of profane language and/or sexual references. Albums began to be labeled for "explicit lyrics" in 1985, after pressure from the Parents...

" sticker, despite the profanity used during the second verse.

Music video

The music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 for "Bring It On" was filmed during September 2011 at Electric Brixton in London during Hard-Fi's Killer Sounds Tour.

Reception

"Bring It On" received mixed reviews from critics. It was given a positive review by This Feeling magazine, who said "The third single to be released from Killer Sounds sees Brit

Brit Awards

The Brit Awards are the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. The name was originally a shortened form of "British", "Britain" or "Britannia", but subsequently became a backronym for British Record Industry Trust...

-nominated quartet Hard-Fi returning to the kind of form that won the band so many fans back in 2005. It's not quite "Hard to Beat

Hard to Beat

"Hard to Beat" is the third single from indie band Hard-Fi, from their album Stars of CCTV. Despite being released as third single it was Hard-Fi's first top ten single, reaching #9 in the UK, and was released on 20 June 2005...

", but it's definitely in the same league and destined to be a real dance floor filler.

However, it received a mediocre 2/5 rating from Unreality Shout, saying "Hard-Fi are capable of much better, but "Bring It On" is a moody, humourless affair."